Increased heterogenity of ventricular repolarization in obese nonhypertensive children

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1533-1539

  Nigro, Gerardo ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   De Crescenzo, Ilaria ^a   Rago, Anna ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Golino, Paolo ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; childhood; children; JT dispersion; obesity; QT dispersion; TDR; ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QRS COMPLEX; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 78650168541     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02889.x     Document Type: Article

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